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L. PATTEN.

TELEPHONE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED 0m. 26. 1911.

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t Attorneys LLOYD PATTEN, OF MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

TELEPHONE-FIXTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 28, 1919.

' Application filed October 26, 1917. Serial No. 198,681.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LLOYD PATTEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Manhattan, in the county of Riley and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Telephone-Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

The subject of this invention is a telephone stand, and the objects of the invention are, first to provide a pedestal for supporting a telephone instrument, second, to provide means for supporting the signal box or bell box, third, to provide a convenient support for the telephone directory, fourth, to provide a simple, durable, and eflicientstand.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

A practical embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, portions being in section;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation with the telehone instrument removed;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fi 1.

Feferring to. the drawing by numerals of reference A pedestal or stand is provided which consists of a slightly tapering standard or column 1 which is preferably mounted on a circular base 2, to which it may be secured by a screw 3 or otherwise. This base may be provided with apertures 4 for the reception of screws, bolts or the like by which the device is secured to the floor, and also with an aperture 5 through which the telephone wires 6 may pass when it is necessary to lead the wires from below or through the floor.

The wires 6 lead to the usual signal box or bell box 7 which is suitably fastened in a slot 8 formed in the standard 1 for its reception.

Mounted on the standard 1 to which it may be secured by a screw 9 or otherwise, is

a top or table 10, here shown as of circular formation. This table is designed to support the telephone instrument which con- 1roiects7 through the wires 12 with the signal An inclined rest 13 rises from the rearward ortion of the top 10 to which it is secured by screws, as shown, or in any other suitable manner. Brackets 1414 are secured to the rest 13 and rise from the upper and lower edges thereof, being centrally positioned with respect to said edges.

As shown the lower portion of the rest is beveled as at 13 to permit the same to be supported in an inclined position.

The brackets 1&1et are apertured to receive a rod 15 which is headed at one end and threaded at the opposite end to receive a nut 16 which detachably retains the rod in place.

A trough like structure 17, of substantially rectangularcross section, is apertured at each end to permit of its being swun from the rod 15 between the brackets 14.. This trough like member 17' is adapted to receive the back of a book 18, such as a tele phone directory, between the pages of which the rod 15 extends to bind the book in place, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and sought by Letters Patent, is

A support including a base, a standard secured to the base, a top on the upper end of the standard, a rest having its lower end beveled to allow the same to be supported in an inclined position, apertured brackets secured to the rest, one of the brackets having one of its extremities conforming to the contour of the beveled end of the rest, a rod extending through the apertures of the brackets, a trough shaped book support apertured at each end to receive the rod, whereby the trough shaped member is held in spaced relation with the rest, means for securing the rest to the top, and means for locking the rod in the brackets.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LLOYD PATTEN. Witnesses:

ELMER KETTELL, D. E. MAOLEOD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

